Batman: The Animated Podcast

Jon Gabrus (High & Mighty, Action Boys) joins the pod to get introduced to one of my personal favorite Batman: The Animated Series episodes, THE LAUGHING FISH! We talk Joker schemes, getting into cartoons later in life, and the state of superhero movies at the moment. Sponsored by Joker Fish!

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Hector Navarro (DC Daily, The 500 Greatest Films podcast) returns to talk about our very first Superman: The Animated Series episode - a Batman crossover called KNIGHT TIME! We talk about our love of STAS and Brainiac, crossovers, villain team-ups, and compare the symbolic importance of Supes vs. Bats. Plus, we talk Superman Smashes the Klan, one of my recent favorite comics. Sponsored by Easter Island Heads!

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Podcast: The Ride's very own Mike Carlson and Jason Sheridan pop by to talk about the very theme park influenced Batman episode Deep Freeze! We talk about our love of Paul Dini's take on Mr. Freeze and how this episode riffs on EPCOT, play an impromptu game of "guess that BTAS action figure accessory," and of course, imagine the ideal Batman: The Animated Series theme park attraction. Sponsored by Oceana!

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VO superstar Lauren Tom pops by to talk about playing Dana on Batman Beyond, her other DC animated roles, as well as her career in comedy and drama, from Futurama and King of the Hill to Friends and The Joy Luck Club. We talk about the Dana-centric episode Rats!, what she'd like to see from a Batman Beyond reboot, and discusses her experience as a woman of color in and the importance of developing well-rounded characters who aren’t just men. Sponsored by Empathy For Rat Men!

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Harry Chaskin (Steel Cut Oats, Netflix’s Buddy Thunderstruck, voice of Bedtime Bear on Care Bears: Unlock the Magic) returns to the podcast to talk one of the greatest two-parters in the series! We discuss how the animated series transformed Clayface from a C-list villain into an emotional A-lister, the use of horror in a show aimed at children, and the coded relationship inherent to Matt Hagen’s backstory. Sponsored by Renuyu!

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Jeff Trammell (Craig of the Creek, The Owl House, Amphibia) virtually sits down to chat Batman’s first crossover with Static Shock, sing the praises of Dwayne McDuffie and his work on the DCAU, and question the number of fire trucks necessary for any Joker scheme. Sponsored by Unnecessary Fire Trucks!

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We’re back for a very special episode recorded live from San Francisco Sketchfest! VO superstar Maurice LaMarche (Animaniacs, Disenchantment) returns with writer and comedian Ify Nwadiwe (Nerdificent, White Women) to chat about their favorite iterations of Batman, the body horror of Clayface, and stories from Maurice’s career in VO.

Sponsored by Staying Indoors!

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Veteran voice actor Pat Fraley (Krang on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TaleSpin!, The Addams Family) talks about how playing dead as a kid inspired a career in voice over, his Joker audition for Batman: The Animated Series, and why he finally feels more comfortable playing parts closer to himself nowadays.

Sponsored by Robot Clown Sea Captains!

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Alex Horab (writer on Cartoon Network's Infinity Train) talks about his love of The Mad Hatter, why scale matters when it comes to supervillains, and why Paul Dini's The Worry Men holds up as a fun detour and sly commentary.

Sponsored by Bulk Pith Helmets!

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Batman writer Mitch Brian talks about co-writing the series bible for Batman: The Animated Series with his old buddy Bruce Timm, writing the series pilot On Leather Wings, and returning for one more episode: Bane.

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A very special crossover featuring Todd Padre, Bill Cravy, Sam Weatherman and Howard Levi’s, hosts of Earwolf’s The Teacher's Lounge, a podcast hosted by my old high school teachers!

We talk about one of the most reviled Batman episodes in the series, and a little bit about other stuff. Sponsored by Birdseed for Birdbrains! 

Special thanks to Emma Erdbrink for recording / mixing this interview!

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Zac Oyama (College Humor, Adam Ruins Everything) is today's guest! We talk Batman video games, problematic messaging, and Firefly!

Sponsored by Elaborate Shrines to People You Stalk! And my fire-themed action parody: Backpackdraft. Watch it now and share it around!

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The podcast is back! I sit down with Inside Out co-director and Pixar story supervisor Ronnie del Carmen!

We chat about how he got his start as a storyboard artist and found his people on Batman: The Animated Series, how that morphed into becoming a director and storyteller at Pixar, and how moving from the Philippines to start a career in animation was almost ruined by one bad teacher. Sponsored by The Gotham Horse Show!

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The voice of Harvey Bullock himself joins the podcast! Robert Costanzo may have fallen into an acting career as an uncredited role in Dog Day Afternoon, but since then he's been in Totall Recall, Die Hard 2, Dick Tracy and played Joey's dad on Friends. We chat his career, voice work on Batman, and that one time he played an anthropomorphic vagina on Family Guy. Sponsored by Absolutely Disgusting Apartments! Rate + Subscribe via Apple Podcasts! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Oscar Montoya (Spontaneanation, Inside the Disney Vault podcast) pops by to talk about how learned to stop worrying and love the Bullock! We talk about A Bullet For Bullock's jazzy score, dialogue zingers, and why don't always need a colorful villain to make a great episode. Sponsored by Bullock Bullets! Rate + Subscribe in Apple Podcasts! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

The Dynamic Music Partners pop by to chat about composing music for Batman, Superman, Justice League and the rest of the DCAU! We discuss working with Shirley Walker, the different ways to approach scoring the Joker, as well as the potential for future live concerts for fans. Rate + Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

The Joker’s gone broke and Joel Jensen (Tiny Hamster videos, Tiny Hamster is a Giant Monster book, UCB’s The Dragons) is here to talk about it! We chat about the great, flat-out zany comedy in Joker’s Millions, and how to reconcile that with the darkness found in the villain’s other appearances. Sponsored by The Gotham Software Expo! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Comic book writer, penciller and inker Kevin Nowlan joins the show to talk about his work as a freelance designer at the inception of Batman: The Animated Series, what Bruce Timm wanted out of early designs for characters like The Man-Bat, and why his Killer Croc design ended up being a favorite. We also dig into his career in comics - from Dr. Strange to Mike Mignola’s Lobster Johnson and Batman. Sponsored by Absolutely Terrifying Teeth! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Comic book artist Jonathan Marks (Wolverine, The Dark Tower) pops by to talk about one of his favorite Batman villains: Killer Croc. We deep dive into the reptilian villain’s animated origins, his absolutely terrifying teeth, and the episode’s beautiful storyboards and direction. Sponsored by The Gotham Zoo! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Batman writer Henry Gilroy chats about writing Nothing to Fear, The Scarecrow’s first episode. We talk about how he transitioned from editing Batman: The Animated Series to becoming one of the first writers, why Scarecrow is one of his favorite villains, and how he carried what he learned on BTAS to other shows in the Marvel and Star Wars universe, not to mention 1990s The Tick. Sponsored by Enormous Gravestones! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Comedian, podcaster, and good buddy Betsy Sodaro (Bob’s Burgers, Netflix’s Disjointed) drops in for a spooky episode exploring The Scarecrow’s animated series origins. Along the way we chat about cartoonishly dumb henchmen, Bruce Wayne’s haunted past, and the true villainy of Dr. Long and his skeleton hands. Sponsored by Dumb Henchmen! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Paul Dini returns chat about the animated origins of Jervis Tetch AKA The Mad Hatter! We talk about how he turned your garden variety office creep into a worthy Bat-foe, casting Kimmy Robertson of Twin Peaks fame as Alice, and how Batman and Hatter are similar in using imagination as a coping mechanism. Sponsored by Foppish Turquoise Suits! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Kyle Mooney (SNL, Brigsby Bear) pops by to chat hat! We dig into the Mad Hatter’s origin episode, discuss the limits of his mind control, and by the end, somehow compare him to Weird Al in UHF. Plus, we talk a ton about Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and Kyle shares his experience working with Mark Hamill on his recent feature, Brigsby Bear. Sponsored by Charlie Sheen and Victoria Jackson’s Hatology! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

I celebrate 50 episodes by chatting with co-creator of Batman: The Animated Series himself, Eric Radomski! Eric discusses how he helped create the architectural design and dark palette for the show, fought for the show's adult tone and working with Bruce Timm. Sponsored by Police Blimps! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

I chat with Batman and longtime DCAU writer Stan Berkowitz (Justice League Action, Avengers Assemble) about working with Paul Dini to write one of the strangest Catwoman tales the series has to offer, why it’s harder to write for Superman, and working with the late Dwanye McDuffie on the grounded world of Static Shock. Sponsored by Genetically Modified Saber Tooth Tigers! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

We’re back with @SaturdayMorningBatman himself, Travis Meidell! Travis dives into his love for Batman from a young age, how this podcast inspired him to start his wildly successful instagram account, and of course, a beat-by-beat deep dive into Cult of the Cat. Sponsored by Wolverine Hands for Cultists! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Adam West teams up with Kevin Conroy in this fan-favorite episode and we’ve got the guests to back it up! Tom Ruegger, co-creator of Batman, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons and more talk about writing “Beware the Gray Ghost,” keeping Steven Spielberg happy, how improv made Freakazoid come alive, and the Road Rovers secret that’s hiding in plain sight. Then sketch comedy legend, screenwriter and Batman fan Robert Ben Garant (The State, Reno 911!, A Night at the Museum) discusses the importance of Thomas Wayne, the importance of aiming Batman at kids, and why Mask of the Phantasm is his favorite Batman movie. Lastly, Batman casting and voice director Andrea Romano pops by to chat about the Gray Ghost record session and casting Adam West. Sponsored by The Opera! Rate + Subscribe on iTunes. Updates on Twitter at @BTASpodcast and @heyjustin. Donate at www.patreon.com/btaspodcast.